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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that LEZRA WILDER, of South Hingham, in theoounty of Plymouth, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Carriage-Harnesses; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings, which accompany and' form part of this specification, is a description of my invention, sutiicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it. Y i The invention relates to the construction of that part of a carriage-harness made to throw over or to rest directly or indirectly upon the back .of the horse, (as are the saddle and hames of a carriageharness,) with reference to provision for adjustment-ot` theparts of same for horses of different shapes or sizes, and to avoid contact of particular parts of the harness with galls or sore spots upon the skin of the animal.

My improvement consists primarily in making the sides of the saddle o'r hames movable or adjustable laterally, so that they may be spread open more or less,' and may be conned in lposition by suitable adjusting and fastening-devices; also in making one part of the saddle movable lengthwise upon or with respect to theother, with provision for coniinement of the said movable'part in any desirable position. f v

The drawings represent parts of a harness embodying my invention, A and B showing a central section and a side view of the frame ofthe saddle, and C a view ofthe lower end of the haines-bar.

Y a denotes the saddle-tree; 6 Z1, the sides of the saddle-frame, projecting down therefrom. Each .of'these sides 6 is'fastened to a bar, c, and the two bars meet at the top, and are hinged or jointed together by a pin, d. v To the under side of the treea, a plate, e, is fixed,` and on each side of the saddle, and working through this plate, or through a screw-nut xed thereto, is an adjusting-screw,f, the lower end of which passes through a slot, g, in the bar c, as seen at A.

New, as the sides of the saddle are formed over or around frame-pieces I) b, it will readily be seen that the angle of the sides of the saddle, relatively to each other, is increased or diminished, as may be desirable, by means of these adjusting-screws, and that, by varying this angle, the inner surfaces ofthe saddle may be made to conform to the body of a sharp-backed or a round-backed horse, or ot a large or a small horse. By reference to the view shown at C, it will be seen that the hames-bar is made capable of similar adjustment, its lower or 'curved end g beingjointed 'to the upperA part la, as seen at t', and the relative angle of the lower and upper ends being varied and adjusted, as circumstances may require, by means of suitable adjusting-screws c 7c, by turning v one of :which out and the other in, the lower end of the bar is thrown in or out, as will be readily understood.

Each frame-piece b of the saddle is applied to the bar e by a screw, Z, on the shank of the rein-ring m, said screw-shank passing through along slot, n, in the bar cand screwing into a nut, o, fixed in the' piece By means of the screw and nut, and the shoulder on the ring, the bar c is clamped tightly down upon and to the frame-piece b, while, by turnin-'gl the ring back, the bar is loosened with respect to the frame, so that the frame may be readily slipped down, by means of the slot n, and may be conined at any position (with respect to the bar) to which the length of the slot will permit it to be moved. Thus it will readily be seen that the padding or stued body of the saddle may be moved up and down upon the back and sides of the horse, so as to relieve any particular spotfrom thedirect pressure of the protubcrant parts ofthe saddle. The same result is attained in the hames, by making the bolt-plate 29 (which carries the bolt or piu g, by which the trace or trace-strap is connected to the llames-bar) movable and adjustable on'the llames-bar g', it being confined at any desirable point by an adjusting-screw, r, and holes `s1, as will be readily understood, and the trace being thereby carried and iixed-above or below any point upon the adjacent side of the horse-with which it may be desirable to pre` vent the trace `rom coming into contact.

By this construction, it will be obvious that I am not only enabled to employthe same harness upon di'er'ent horses, by having provision for adapting the parts to the form or size of either of them, but that I am also enabled'to so adjust the harness that it shall not press upon sore or tender parts of the skin of the animal toA which the harness is applied. I claim making the parts ofthe saddle relatively adjustable, substantially as shown anddcscribed. v I also claim making theparts ofthe llames relatively adjustable laterally, substantially as above described.

EZRA WILDER.

Witnesses FRANCIS GOULD, L. H.. LATIMEPL. 

